Australia’s leading pace bowler in the last few Test series, Mitchell Johnson, has decided to give the lucrative Indian Premier League the miss and instead concentrate on staying fit for national duty.
Via Indopia
Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff, expected to be the prize catches for the next IPL season, will have to be purchased through a fresh auction in February, according to new recruitment rules unveiled today. Other than uncapped players and those who were signed up for one-year “replacement contracts” last year, who can be signed directly [...]
The auction of new players for the Indian Premier League’s second edition will be held on February 6 without a ceiling on the number of “uncapped” cricketers a franchise can acquire, the cash-rich Twenty20 League’s governing body said on Wednesday.
Via IndiaToday
The IPL has taken some significant steps to protect the interests of its eight franchises, including the addition of a performance clause to its player contracts that will see players lose 20% of their match fee – on a match-by-match basis – if they don’t find a place in the playing XI from the next [...]
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